Electric cars – be it a compact, SUV or a van – have higher price tags than petrol engine vehicles. when you take into account the annual costs for actually driving and maintaining the car, the setup changes. An electric … Read the story...
Author: Sam JJ
Cybercrime ranked as top 5 risk for communities globally
In early 2020, World Economic Forum (WEF) published its annual Global Risks Report that highlights events, trends, and developments that are most likely to cause major disruptions to societies across the world. In the middle of a worldwide pandemic, the … Read the story...
Road safety is better in small and mid-size motorhomes, crash tests conclude
Large motorhomes (RVs, recreational vehicles) that can be as big as buses seem like safe vehicles because of their size and weight. Crash tests conducted in Sweden, however, concluded that smaller semi-integrated motorhomes were safer than large vehicles. The results … Read the story...
Your next car – perhaps an electric vehicle – will track you, but so does your phone
Electric vehicles are changing how we move around and think about road traffic in general. One of the innovations of the battery powered vehicle is that cars automatically communicate with the car manufacturers’ data center, … Read the story...
Never share this information about yourself on social media, a former con artist advises
Frank Abagnale, whose successful career as a scammer was depicted in a movie Catch Me If You Can has some solid advice for all of us who like to share information about our lives on social media. The first point … Read the story...
Security report from LastPass indicates that multifactor authentication and EU GDPR are trending
LastPass is an online service that manages your passwords so that you can use a different password for each account you need on the internet. The parent company of LastPass, LogMeIn, has published Global Password Security Report that analyses the … Read the story...
Facebook, Fortnite and Snapchat have something in common
There can only be one Facebook. It was our conclusion when we recorded a podcast about five years ago. Since practically everyone is on Facebook, it is expected that you are there as well. Any competing social network will have … Read the story...
The killer app for 5G mobile networks: cloud gaming
Game consoles, like the Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox are essential for gamers because the hardware has the processing power to manage complex graphics-intensive games. As cloud technology and network communication technologies develop, we get new options for playing those … Read the story...